Day 15 - 15-12-06

Was a little bit tired after the amount of drinking done last night - but I managed to struggle through. Got up again to watch the third session of the cricket this morning - it's a nice way to get up.

Went down to do the London Eye this morning with the family. Last time I did it, it was at night, so this was a different view. London, with it's flatness is in many ways similar to Paris that regard - just just seems to sprawl on and on and on...

Took a wander up to visit Shakespeare's Globe - even though it's not on the actual site of the original Globe (we found that later). I guess it's another one of those touristy things you tick off to say you've seen. On of the funnier things was watching a group to visiting students (from America naturally) running through some script excerpts on stage. Shakespeare just doesn't sound right when it's done with a broad American accent.

Had lunch at a nice little restaurant near there called Fish! - which oddly enough has fish as its specialty.

Went out for drinks with Kathleen and a few of their friends up in Camden. Started at a bar call The Good Mixer - typical English pub - small, crowded and smokey. But it was pretty decent overall.

Ended up then going to a club called Koko's. It's situated in a former theatre - so the place is massive over about 5 or 6 levels. When we walked in just after 10 - the place was almost empty - quite a worrying sight. After a few drinks though - it did start to fill up. Kathleen was all apologetic, saying it was very shitty that night - but compared to the usual types of clubs in Brisbane we usually have - which are all variations of the one Fridays-type bar -it was pretty good. One band in particular that played - Original Cast - were particularly insane. They had the two singer thing going - and weren't that bad - or maybe that was just thing drink talking?

After that, waiting for a taxi to get home, we discovered that public transport is the same all over the world - never there when you want the bloody thing. My sister Margaret was waiting about an hour for a cab., when I wanted out - she was still there waiting. I only had to wait with her five minutes or so and one arrived. Guess I was luckily in that regard.